Synonyms for smartness

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. smart, smarting, smartness(noun)

   a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

   Synonyms:
   smart, stylishness, last word, alacrity, chichi, chicness, brightness, cleverness, chic, smarting, swank, modishness, briskness

2. brightness, cleverness, smartness(noun)

   intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

   Synonyms:
   swank, smart, ingenuity, chichi, alacrity, brightness level, chic, last word, briskness, inventiveness, luminosity, cleverness, stylishness, smarting, luminousness, luminance, light, brightness, chicness, modishness, ingeniousness

3. chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word(noun)

   elegance by virtue of being fashionable

   Synonyms:
   smart, stylishness, last word, alacrity, chichi, chicness, brightness, cleverness, chic, smarting, swank, modishness, briskness

4. alacrity, briskness, smartness(noun)

   liveliness and eagerness

   "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"

   Synonyms:
   smart, stylishness, alacrity, chichi, chicness, last word, brightness, briskness, chic, smarting, swank, modishness, cleverness

English Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. smartness

   Liveliness and sprightliness are pleasant and commendable; smartness is a limited and showy acuteness or shrewdness, usually with unfavorable suggestion; pertness and sauciness are these qualities overdone, and regardless of the respect due to superiors. Impertinence and impudence may be gross and stupid; pertness and sauciness are always vivid and keen. Compare IMPUDENCE.

   Synonyms:
   boldness, briskness, flippancy, forwardness, impertinence, impudence, liveliness, pertness, sauciness, sprightliness

   Antonyms:
   bashfulness, demureness, diffidence, humility, modesty, shyness

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. smartness(n.)

   Synonyms:
   sharpness, keenness, poignancy, pungency

2. smartness(n.)

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   vigor, force, energy

3. smartness(n.)

   Synonyms:
   liveliness, briskness, vivacity, agility, nimbleness, quickness, alertness, spryness, activity, sprightliness

4. smartness(n.)

   Synonyms:
   expertness, dexterity, cleverness

5. smartness(n.)

   Synonyms:
   wit, wittiness, acuteness, aptness

6. smartness(n.)

   Synonyms:
   spruceness, trimness

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How to use smartness in a sentence?

1. George Burns:

   Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.

2. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   Convoluted and perplexing as it may seem, I have invariably found the simple people who never went to school, to be smarter, wiser and more knowledgeable than even the college professors. Education is a matter of having or not having opportunities; while the knowledge, smartness and wisdom must begin from within.

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